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Board of Directors

Mogens Bay

Chairman, Robert B. Daugherty Foundation

Hank M. Bounds

Professor, University of South Alabama

Jeffrey P. Gold

President, University of Nebraska System

Felicia Marcus

William C. Landreth Visiting Fellow, Stanford University Water in the West Program

James B. Milliken

President, University of California

Emeritus Board Members and Leadership

Howard W. Buffett

Management Advisory Board, Earth Institute, Columbia University

Mike Johanns

Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and U.S. Senator of Nebraska

Roberto Lenton

Executive Director Emeritus

Peter G. McCornick

Executive Director Emeritus

Jeff Raikes

Co-Founder, Raikes Foundation, Past DWFI Board Chair

Leadership and Staff

Our core DWFI staff are an essential part of our mission and work every day toward a more water and food secure world. In addition to DWFI staff, we also work closely with those from the Nebraska Water Center, the Water Sciences Lab and the Water, Climate and Health Program.

Sammy Z. Akasheh

Senior Research Associate

Erin J. Anders

Senior Program Manager

Jesse Bell

Director of Water, Climate and Health

Nick Brozović

Director of Policy

Rebecca Carrillo

Program Coordinator

Jude Cobbing

Senior Program Manager

Craig Eiting

Web Developer and Graphic Design Specialist

Arianna Elnes

Communications Specialist

Ivo Zution Goncalves

Research Assistant Professor

Frances Hayes

Director of Communications and Public Relations

Rachael Herpel

Assistant Director

Harshanee Jayasekera

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Nicole Lefore

Associate Director

Janet Means

Administrative Specialist

David Munyaneza

Program Coordinator

Christopher Neale

Director of Research

Crystal Powers

Water and Cropping Systems Extension Educator

Amber Poythress

Events Coordinator

Chittaranjan Ray

Director, Nebraska Water Center

Renata Rimšaitė

Senior Program Manager

Randall Ritzema

Research Program Scientist

Joe Sanders

Executive Director

Karina Schoengold

Associate Director, Nebraska Water Center